Brett Posch

The year was 2008, a year that would totally change my perspective on music and how it influenced me. In high school, I never was interested in music. In fact, I had no passion for it and can honestly say I never followed or listened to any style of it.

As Christmas rolled around, my parents let me in on a secret that I had a gift I’d never expect. Expecting a nice leather jacket or some kind of sports equipment, I finished opening all my gifts, only to realize none of the gifts were surprising all. Then out of the corner of my eye, I saw my brother come in with a tall box, and right at that moment I knew. My music fanatic brother bought me a guitar. Sure enough, I opened the box to find my first musical instrument ever, a fender squire, cherry coated. From that point on, I decided I was going to attempt to actually learn how to play it. As I learned my instrument, I began to realize I had a natural knack for music. Who would have known?

To make a long story short, here I am 4 years later, actually in a band and part of a full scale album! Music has a funny way of entering your life, and in my case, it actually changed it.

Gear-

HSS Fender Stratocaster Deluxe Edition

Bogner Alchemist 2X10 Head and Cab Combo

Marshall JCM 800

Fender USA nylon picks – .73mm

Ernie Ball Cobalt Super Slinky Strings

Fender Acoustic Guitar

Pedals-

Boss Tu-2 Chromatic Tuner

Boss FS-FU Tap Tempo Foot Pedal

Boss DD3 Digital Delay Pedal

Ernie Ball Volume Pedal

Dunlop GCB95F Cry-Baby Wah-Pedal

BBE Green Screamer Overdrive

Influences-

Mark Tremonti– A musician and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the American rock bands Creed and Alter Bridge. He is a founding member of both bands, and has also collaborated with many other artists over the years. He released his debut solo album, All I Was, on July 17, 2012. Source Wikipedia

Mike Einziger – Grammy-nominated musician known as the co-writer and guitarist of the alternative rock band Incubus. Einziger co-founded Incubus with Calabasas High School classmates Brandon Boyd, Jose Pasillas II, and Alex Katunich in 1991. Incubus has sold over 13 million albums worldwide and has been nominated for 2 Grammys, MTV music video awards, American Music Awards, mtv U Woodie Award, and the Billboard Awards. Incubus has performed sold-out concerts at The Hollywood Bowl, The Great Western Forum, Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, Wembley Arena in London, and Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. Source Wikipedia

Alex Lifeson – A Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist of the Canadian rock band Rush. In the summer of 1968, Lifeson founded the band that would become Rush with friend and drummer John Rutsey, and bassist/lead vocalist Jeff Jones, who would be replaced by current front man Geddy Lee a month later. He has been an integral member of the band ever since. Source Wikipedia

John Petrucci – an American virtuoso guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He picked up the guitar at the early age of 8 because his older sister was allowed to go to bed later in order to practice the piano. However he decided to quit the guitar when his attempts to stay up late were unsuccessful. He would later pick up the guitar again at the age of 12 when his childhood friend and future Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore invited John to join his cover band. Source Wikipedia

Joe Satriani – an American virtuoso instrumental rock guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and multiple Grammy Award nominee. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor, and some of his former students have achieved fame such as Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan andAlex Skolnick. Satriani has been a driving force in music credited to other musicians throughout his career, as a founder of the G3 tour, as well as performing in various positions with other musicians. Source Wikipedia

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